Well starting tomorrow at 8:00am I begin my first training day for Firefighter I certification. Needless to say, I'm nervous as all hell. We will all be there for 9 hours tomorrow out in the freezing cold practicing skills we have to pass to move on. And I absolutely hate testing. Tomorrow should be one of the easier days being the first.
I believe we will only be tested on donning our turnout gear in under 60 seconds, naming all the tools, and setting up lighting/positioning trucks/ex. I average 45 seconds to put on all the gear so I'm not worried about that. But I hate when i have to memorize the names of 20 different things on the spot.
I am probably just hyping myself up but this has been my first schooling in a year since I graduated so it is all new again. It is especially stressful because this is what i want to do as a career so it's kind of like a "This stuff matters, don't forget it up or you are screwed" kind of thing. Not sure why I'm making this topic. Probably because I'll be up all night trying to make sure I'm perfect at everything even though I'll be sleep deprived. Wish me luck tomorrow, I feel I'll need it lol.
